Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-06

regular Mozart musicale tomorrow
night. The cast will be:
Master Gilbert. Mr.. w. II. Shervfn
Curlew. Mr.. Walter A. Mercer
Sylvester. MI. watkins Norvell
Gertrude. .........-...... Misc bdna Gray
BY the plot Of the piece II seems thai
Gilbert On unrcmantic retired trades
man, has sent on to o friend for bride.
groom for his daughter. This com.
modify being considered by the practi
cal man as simply "one bridegroom sent
10y mail, is not known to either father
or daughter. Consequently, when the
young barber, Curlew, appears, he is
very naturally mistaken for the groom,
and treated accordingly by Gertrude
(who has previously seen him at Bath,
as well as by Gilbert, the father.
About the time the young wig-curleI
realizes the situation the timid and
awkward Sylvester, the true groom,
arrives, but does not succeed in con.
vincing any one that he is other than a
hair-dresser. After various comic scenes
Curlew secures the bride and Sylvester
is left out in the cold.
The opera will be preceded by the
following musical programme
1. Overture, "siege Of Corinth." ........R ossini
Orchestra.
2. Air Varie. Proct
Miss Edna Gray. of New York.
Andante-scherzo.
During the rendition of the opera
Mr.. Watkins Noryell will introduce
the first time in Richmond-the hume.
rous song "An Awful Little Scrub, ,
composed by Mr.. George Grossmith,
of London.
TEE ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
Tuesday night the comic actor John
Thompson and company will appear al
the Academy In the two-act musical ex.
travaganza "Around the World. u
Songs and dances will be brought in
throughout the play. 1t is claimed that
the show is very amusing.
Thursday A. b. Coley's Hazel
Kirke troupe will begin three-days'
engagement, with Fenwick Armstrong
as Dunstan Kirke and Carrie Rose as
Hazel, his daughter.
"THE LITTLE TYCOON AT THE THEATRE.
The comic opera, "The Little Ty-
coon," which has had such long run
in the North, viii be put on the Thea
tire stage tomorrow night by the Tenn
pie Theatre Comic Opera Company
from Philadelphia. The opera is Anne
rican, the music is bright, pretty, and
tuneful, and will doubtless draw large
crowds here. 1t will be played three
nights.
THE LYCEUM BOYS MONTHLY CONCERT.
The young men of the Young Mems
Christian Association Debating So
ciety will have their regular monthly
entertainment at the Young Mems
Christian Association reading-room,
corner of Fourth and Franklin streets,
next Tuesday evening at $50 o'clock.
No admission-fee will be charged and
no collection will be taken up. invita-
ton tickets may be had on application
to Mr.. ii. NJ. Clarke, secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association, or
Mr.. Jefferson Wallace, president of the
Senior Lyceum. The following will be
the programme
l. Trio, selected, Misses Julia and
Grace Henning and Mr.. W. s. Hen
ming. 2. Address of welcome, the
president, Jefferson Wallace. 3. Comic
solo, in costume, Mr.. Conway Myers.
4. Contralto solo, "The Arrow and the
Song" (Pinsuti,) Miss Carrie Staude.
8. Reading, MIR. j. w. Avery, of Rich
mond College. 6. Debate, in costume
Question, Is the watermelon a greater
promoter to health than the Irish po-
tato? Affirmative, Moses Methuselah
John ID. Newman) and George
Washington Snodgrass George b.
negative, Patrick O'Hooh-
gan (P. A. Arthur and Shamus Drum
goole CIV. Mac jones'.
Mr.. Kirk Matthews, the talented
of the First Baptist church,
will preside at the piano.